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A one-man doom metal project featuring mellotron and recorder is a recipe for disaster more often than not, so it’s something of an exhilaration to note that this not only acquits itself nicely, but lands squarely in the realm of excellent debuts. Pretentious opening sentences like that, incidentally, are made for records like this. Now, the music. Two songs are on offer today and clock in at well over twelve minutes apiece, with the first, bearing the project’s namesake, hewing more closely to more traditional Peaceville Three doom. Slow, dragged out riffs, sorry-to-exist death growls, tolling bells and the lingering whiff of mournful, sour melodies. Great stuff. The second, “Ex Oblivione,” is a more ambitious work, and is both better and worse for it. It begins with a more uptempo doom rumble ala Witchfinder General or Cathedral’s “Midnight Mountain” before the drums and guitars drop out completely, giving way to swirling mellotron and spoken-word Lovecraft passages, a veritable ‘60s prog/psych cornucopia fantasia extravaganza. If this caught me in a different mood, it might strike me as a steaming vat of bullshit, but I’m totally on board for now. General practitioner Peter Scartabello employs a handful of guest musicians on this thing for guitar solos and the odd vocal passage, but otherwise this is entirely his baby (right down to the real drums!), and for that the Rhode Islander should receive the lion’s share of credit. And so he has.
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| 1. Sky Shadow Obelisk |
| 2. Ex Oblivione |
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